Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reactions to the death of Boris Yeltsin (second nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Delete and transwiki. @pple complain 14:57, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

International reactions to the death of Boris Yeltsin
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This has been nominated once, and closed with no consensus. Now that this is all rather stale news, it is time to review this whole thing again. Here are the main rationales for deletion:
 * First of all, and most importantly, this just is not an encyclopedic article. This is just a collection of quotes.  Period.  This does not belong in an encyclopedia, not by any standard.  If you want to transwiki this to Wikiquote, or Wikinews, or any other place, then by all means, be my guest; all I am saying that this just does not belong on Wikipedia.
 * Further, I do not believe that this can be made into a good encyclopedic article. The death of Boris Yeltsin was not by any measure notable or noteworthy.  He died peacefully, not in office.  No reasonable encyclopedic article can be written about his death.
 * Wikipedia is not an obituary.
 * Wikipedia is not a collection of random quotes. And the quotes themselves are absolutely uninteresting, just the standard platitudes that one produces when world leaders die.
 * This is one of the worst examples of recentism on Wikipedia. Surely, Yeltsin did many notable and controversial things in his life, but his death was not one of them.  Just because he died in 2007 does not mean that we should gather all these platitudes, condolences, etc., into a Wikipedia article...

There, I hope I have provided enough reasons to satisfy the most ardent inclusionist. Actually, in my view, this is a clearest case for a speedy, or at most a prod; I would have prodded it if this hadn't gone through an AfD already. Hopefully people will be more sensible this time. Ekjon Lok 21:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Transwiki or delete Like you, I don't see what encyclopedic purpose this can be said to serve - it's a collection of the usual platitudes and condolences, not a useful or objective appraisal of his life. And this is a collection of quotes, which Wikipedia is not. Send to Wikiquote. Iain99Balderdash and piffle 21:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete or Move to Wikiquote. Your rationale is well stated and thorough.  Should have been deleted the first time, although I can understand how emotions may have gotten involved because of it's recentness (which ironically is exactly why it should have been deleted the first time)  Keeper76 21:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete or trans per nom and above. - super &beta;&epsilon;&epsilon; cat 22:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete and transwiki to Wikiquote. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 00:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete and transwiki to Wikiquote per nom. – sgeureka t•c 08:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and transwiki - it's snowing in Moscow. Bearian 15:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and transwiki Or merge into Yeltsin's main article.  Tiptopper 00:51, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.